Re: Re: Current discussion about the future of free software graphics
From: Nicolas Souchu <hidden>
Date: 2004-05-12 20:33:24
On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 08:30:45PM -0700, Jon Smirl wrote: [...]
So moving mode setting to user space is not the end of the world. Everything will still work. This is more like a monolithic vs microkernel type of decision.
Which is why Linux is a monolithic kernel, it's by design. The net is plenty of linus' threads about this. -- Nicholas Souchu - nsouch@free.fr - nsouch@FreeBSD.org http://www.freebsd.org/~nsouch/kgi4BSD ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3